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SanFranciscoChronicle and SFChronicle.com|Wednesday,January 11, 2017|Section B xxxxx••

SportingGreen

Sharks:

Boedker’s

hat trick

sparks

win over

OilersB

1 Owners:

The Raiders’

MarkDavis,

above, and the

Chargers’

DeanSpanos

awaitreloca-

tiontalks. B

It started with a bang and ended with a

whimper, but the Raiders’ just-concluded

season willgo down as a special one.They

made the playoffs for the first time in 14

years, and head coach Jack Del Rio hopes

their 12-4 recordwas just the next turn on

the road that leads to a Super Bowl champi-

onship.

Yeah, that’s out there now. With Derek

Carr, KhalilMack,the league’s biggest offen-

sive line and receivers Michael Crabtree and

Amari Cooper, the foundation is set for re-

peated trips to the playoffs.

RAIDERS

‘Super excited’ for the future

Thearon W.Henderson / GettyImages

Raiders widereceiver Mich ael Crabtree (15) is part ofthe

returning offensive nucl eus ledby quarterback Derek Carr.

Team aimseven higher in 2017

after breakthrough 12-4 season

By Vic Tafur

Raiderscontinues on B

TheRaidersarenotrenew-

ingoffensive coordinatorBill

Musgrave’s contractandwill

promotequarterbacks coach

ToddDowningtofillthatjob,

sourcessaidTuesday.

Oaklandfinishedsixthinthe

NFLintotalyardsandseventh

inpointsscored,butlostquar-

terba ck DerekCarrtoabroken

fibulaDec.24andthenlostits

AFCwild-cardplayoffgamein

Downing in,

Musgrave out

as coordinator

By Vic Tafur

Coordinator continues on B

It’s always amusing towatch

the NBA try to legislate

againstsuccess. Commissioner

Adam Silver has inherited the

obsession of his predecessor,

DavidStern, in cracking down

on “super teams” for the sake

of parity, and the new collec-

tive bargainingagreement

reflects disdain forwhatthe

Warriors have so carefully

built.

Neve r mind that the league’s

popularitywas builtby domi-

nant teams, or that the nation-

al audiencewould detest a

BRUCE

JENKINS

GoldenState

isn’t qu ite a lock

to reach Finals

Jenkin scontinues on B

ThesearchforCal’s next

headcoach st artedinearnest

Tuesday, whenoffensive coor-

dinatorJake Spavitalwasin-

terviewedforthevacancyby

athleticdirectorMike Wil-

liams.

Spavitalisconsideredan

up-and-comingoffensive in-

novatorwhohelpedTexas

A&Mputup huge numbers

beforecomingtoBerkeleylast

season.He’sservingasthe

interimheadcoach inthewake

ofSonnyDykes’firingSunday.

ThosenearesttotheCal

programbelieve aheadcoach

willbehiredquickl y, withthe

staffreturningtotherecruiting

road Thursdayandplayers

scheduledtoreportforoff-

seasonconditioningMonday.

“We’dliketohave ahead

coach assoonaspossible,but

we willbethoughtfulandthor-

oughinoursearch,”Williams

saidat Sunday’snews confer-

ence.“Ithinkthatwhatwe need

todo asacommunity,istocom-

mittochampionshipfootball.I

thinkthatmight be(what) we’re

lacking,becausewe have the

resources,we gettheright

studen t-athletes,andCalisa

placethatproduceschampions

invirtuallyeveryothersport.

“Ithink,ifwe have thatsame

commitmentinfootball,we’ll

have championshipfootball

CAL FOOTBALL

Coaching

search is

quick, yet

careful

By Rusty Simmons

Michael Short /Specialto The Chronicle

Interim head coachJake

Spavitalwas in terviewed for

the vacancy Tuesday.

Cal football continues on B

Late in the firstquarter

Tuesday night, after missing

five shots, Kevin Durant re-

minded himself that he alone

didn’t need to makeup for Klay

Thompson’s absence.

It was only moments later

that Durant knifed through the

key for ahuge slam. Back in his

signature groove, the seven-

time NBA All-Star powered the

Warriors to a 107-95 winover

Miami thatwas much closer

than the final score implied.

“It was definitely a different

game not having Klay out

there,” said Durant,who fin-

WARRIORS 107, HEAT 95

Working a bit harder

without Thompson

ScottStrazzante /The Chronicle

Ian Clarkshoots againstthe Heat ’s Wayne Ellington.Without Klay Thompson (rest),

Warriorsguards not namedStephen Curry combinedfor 21 points in morethan 58 minutes.

As guard rests,

depletedMiami

can keep it close

By ConnorLetourneau

Warriorscontinues on B